PTOLEMYS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOMETRY OF BINOCULAR VISION

Authors
HOWARD IP WADE NJ
Citation
Ip. Howard et Nj. Wade, PTOLEMYS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOMETRY OF BINOCULAR VISION, Perception, 25(10), 1996, pp. 1189-1201
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental",Psychology
Journal title
Perception → ACNP
ISSN journal
03010066
Volume
25
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1189 - 1201
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-0066(1996)25:10<1189:PCTTGO>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Ptolemy's Optics which was written in about the year 150 AD contains a n account of the geometry of binocular vision which has been almost to tally neglected in the vision literature. An English translation of th e relevant passages from the Latin text in Lejeune (1956) is presented together with commentaries and a brief introduction.